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Find your next unputdownable read at the 2025 TAA Conference on Textbook & Academic Authoring Bookstore! Learn how to boost your productivity, master scholarly article writing, develop your college textbook, and more. 

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Publish and Flourish
Publish & Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar

By Tara Gray

eBook $9.95 +tax | Print $25 +shipping


Triple your productivity. Write prose that is clearer, better organized, and more compelling. Publish in better journals and get more grants. Ninety scholars who followed the steps were studied, and 95% reported that their writing improved. They also increased then number of manuscripts submitted from a rate of two per year to nearly six. You can too.

By Dr. Karissa Lee-Hutchins

eBook $5.99 | Print $16.99


Rarely do we think of the need for prayer in a school setting, but prayer can be a source of sustenance and comfort as we meet daily challenges in our lives. Dr. Karissa has penned a series of prayers over most situations that arise in a school setting. These meditations are insightful and imbued with humility for anyone who is striving for success or advancement or is in need of comfort in times of challenge or transition.


Becoming the Writer You Already Are

By Dr. Michelle R. Boyd

eBook $18.99 + tax  | Print $29.00 + shipping

Why is writing so terrifying? Becoming the Writer You Already Are explains why being afraid of writing is neither strange nor shameful. And introduces the Writing Metaphor, a tool that illuminates what you already know about overcoming writing challenges. Becoming shows you how to consult, trust, and follow that process. So you can live a pleasurable, productive, satisfying writing life. 

By Hephzibah V. Strmic-Pawl

Rent $27.67 | Print $51 


Understanding Racism systematically examines the theories and theorists that have contributed the most to our contemporary understanding of racism in its various forms‚ making it easier for students to understand the multiple dynamics of how racism operates. The book's systematic organization and pedagogical features will help students think theoretically about race and racism at different levels of analysis, as well as reflect and discuss how to challenge racism.  

The Reciprocal Relationship of Culture and Leadership

By Millicent Lindiwe Ndaba

eBook $9.79 | Print $39.99


The purpose of the book is to demonstrate how culture and leadership interact with each other contextualising this using South African organisations. This seeks to contribute towards building effective global leaders that are in touch with reality. Demonstrating how their behaviour make the families, organisations, societies, countries and the world better places to live/work. 

By Jocelyn C. Nelson

eBook (180 day access) $97.95 | eBook (perpetual access) $107.95 | Print (paperback) $153.95

The award-winning Gateway to Music broadens standard notions of music with an introduction to local and global musical traditions, blended with social, cultural, and historical contexts. It is ideal for music courses and an engaging source for any music lover. No musical background necessary. Use code TAA20 for 20% off during checkout!

By Noelle Sterne, PhD

eBook $45.50 | Print (paperback) $45.00  Hardcover $84.68 


For doctoral candidates struggling with their dissertations, Challenges in Writing Your Dissertation, is different from other how-to-write-your-dissertation books: they deal with the structure and contents. Challenges, with lively examples, humor, and provocative questions, addresses the surrounding, often overlooked or ignored but crucial aspects that can seriously delay dissertation completion: emotional, interpersonal, and even spiritual issues.

By Angelica Ribeiro, PhD

eBook $9.99 | Print $16.99

If you wait until you clock out from work to be happy, you’ll spend one-third of your life feeling unhappy. Being happy at work makes you more productive, creative, optimistic, and better prepared to overcome challenges and manage stress. Combining storytelling and science, Angelica Ribeiro shares simple strategies for you to create happiness at work.

Business Communication

Business Communication: Process & Product

By Mary Ellen Guffey and Dana Loewy

eBook $50 (access till March 2025) | Print $312.95 (Other low-cost options exist.)

Business Communication: Process & Product (11e) offers a comprehensive guide to mastering business communication skills. Covering the latest trends and practical techniques, it equips readers with tools for writing, speaking, and presenting professionally, ensuring success in today's dynamic business environment. Ideal for students and professionals aiming to enhance communication efficiency. 

By William Sims Curry

eBook $66.39 |  Hardcover $66.39


Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies: Best Practices for Public Procurement, Third Edition describes research based best procurement practices for state and local levels. This textbook, recipient of TAA’s Textbook Excellence Award, is suggested for graduate or undergraduate courses. The best practices are based on nationwide research conducted from 2006 to present. Published by Routledge.

By William Sims Curry

eBook $24.50 | Print (paperback) $26.00 (hardcover) $78.00

This third edition of Government Contracting: Ethical Promises and Perils in Public Procurement incorporates research-based best practices, real-world procurement fraud cases, and offers recommendations for deterring fraud. This textbook is aimed at public administration, policy and procurement, along with public procurement postgraduate students and academics working in the fields of public administration, policy and procurement. Published by Routledge.

Edited by Joseph (Rocky) F. Wallace, Valerie Flanagan, and Robin Magruder

eBook $30.50 | Print (paperback) $32.00 (hardcover) $75.00

School Safety: True Stories and Solutions from School Leaders, is a transparent look at the diverse mix of safety issues school administrators face every day. The wisdom shared in how these real events were handled with fast thinking and care for all parties makes this read a helpful resource for any educator. Published by Rowman & Littlefield.

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By Joseph (Rocky) F. Wallace with Contributions by Jenny Ray

eBook $26.50 | Print (paperback) $28.00 (hardcover) $78.00


Principal to Principal: Conversations in Servant Leadership (Second Edition) is a story that chronicles a school principal's first year at the helm, and how she navigates the array of challenges with the help of a veteran retiring principal. The chapter by chapter scenarios and conversations between the two inspire the reader to embrace servant leadership as a lifestyle that changes lives, and creates a culture of care in a school community. Published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Edited by Joseph (Rocky) F. Wallace, Valerie Flanagan, and Robin Magruder

eBook $24.50 | Print (paperback) $26.00 (hardcover) $78.00

Social Emotional Learning and Servant Leadership: True Stories from the Classroom is a collection of real experiences, written by faculty and alumni of Campbellsville University's School of Education. This collection illustrate sthe diverse needs of P-12 students, and the interventions that can make a life-changing difference in their young lives. Published by Rowman & Littlefield.

eBook $5.99 Print (paperback) $15.99

Instead of being an ordeal to survive, a dissertation can be a rewarding opportunity to develop your own vision and voice as a researcher. Getting the Best offers perspectives that support practical action and positive motivation. Research is hard work, but with the right practice, it can be a labor of love. Published by Thought Clearing.

By Dave Harris

eBook $27.19 | Print (paperback) $27.19 (hardcover) $128.00


Is research literature a foundation on which you build your own work, or an ocean in which you drown? Literature Review and Research Design offers practical perspectives on using literature in the design and development of your own research project, with special attention on writing the project’s literature review. Published by Routledge.

Social Emotional Learning

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Writing & Developing Your College Textbook

eBook $14.95 | Print $19.95 + $5 S&H

Whether you are writing a textbook for a traditional publisher, self-publishing, or writing an open-access textbook, this book covers everything you need to be successful, including how to choose a publisher, write a textbook proposal, negotiate a publishing contract, and establish good author-publisher relations.


Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips

eBook $9.95 | Print $14.95 + $5 S&H

100+ successful tips and strategies–and a lot of inspiration–from authors who have made the time and made it work. Find just what you need to boost your productivity, adjust your routine, and focus on your writing efforts once and for all. Isn’t it time for you to make the time to write?


Guide to Rights Clearance & Permissions

eBook $9.95 | Print $14.95 + $5 S&H

Learn what you need to know to avoid and manage copyright infringement claims that arise from the publication of your book, article, or media project. You’ll also get practical pointers and guidelines, and more than a dozen templates you can use to request permissions and secure releases.


GUIDE TO TEXTBOOK PUBLISHING CONTRACTS

eBook $7.95 | Print $14.95 + $5 S&H

You have more leverage than you think. Learn the key provisions of a typical textbook contract and how to determine what's important to you so that you can enter into the contract negotiation process better informed. Get the "typical", "better" and "better still" options you can consider when making decisions about what to negotiate.


Essential Books for Authors Bundle

eBook $29.95 | Print $59.95 + $7 S&H

The Essential Books for Authors Bundle has you covered start to finish on your publishing journey. It includes all four TAA books at an amazing bundle price.


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Your book will be included on this page (in order of receipt, so don't delay!) and promoted to thousands of textbook and/or academic authors on TAA's social media, in bi-monthly eNewsletters, in issues of the The Academic Author leading up to the conference, and more! Books link to your own external site (or Amazon, publisher site, etc.) for purchase. 


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